이러한과정을통해, 우주를창조하신바로그하나님께서또한하나님의형상대로인간을창조하시고축복하셨다는사실을깨닫게 되었다. 우주에 대한 연구 결과물로서천체물리학은표준빅뱅우주론을제시하였고, 우리는이이론을통해우리가살고있는우주를이해할수있게되었다. 비록표준빅뱅우주론은창세기의문자적해석과는다르지만, ‘혼돈에서질서를창조한다’는의미적해석은동일하다고생각한다.
이러한이성적, 감정적, 영적과정을통해, 자연과학의한분야인천체물리학을공부한필자는그리스도인이될수있었으며, 지금도과학의다양한개념과내용을통해하나님을조금씩배워가고 있다. 또한과학교육을연구해온사람으로서, 한국교회의교회학교에서현재소홀히여겨지고있는‘과학과신앙’ 교육을개발하고보급하는데에책임감을느끼고 있다.
From Science to Faith: How did I,
who studied astrophysics, become a Christian?
Choe, Seung-Urn
Pastor of the low church and
Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University
Abstract
I have studied astrophysics, and after
becoming a professor at the College of Education of Seoul National University,
I have taught astrophysics, science education, and science gifted education and
researched in those fields.
Studying astronomy, I was amazed by the
order and mystery of nature through the evolution of the universe, and I came
to feel the beauty of nature. Having understood how the Holy Spirit works
through the field theory of physics and having realized that nature itself is
God's activity according to Romans 1:20, I was able to believe in the words of
Genesis 1:1 that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Through this process, I came to understand that the very God who created the
universe, created and blessed mankind following the image of God have studied the universe, and as a
result, gave us the standard Big Bang cosmological theory in astrophysics so
that we can understand the universe we live in. Although the standard Big Bang
cosmological theory differs from the literal interpretation recorded in
Genesis, the semantic interpretation of creating order from chaos is the same.